And with a stroke of the pen, Florida became the first state to officially recognize "Gulf of America" as the name of the body of water off the western coast bordering nearly half of the state.

TALLAHASSEE — Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval Thursday. The Republican-controlled House passed two bills along party lines to carry out ...

Opposition is growing to the Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, including ...

The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has passed bills to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" in response to President Donald Trump's directive, requiring state agencies and ...

Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region in coming years under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S.

This image from Google Maps viewed from a browser in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America. (Google via AP) (Uncredited, Google) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed two bills aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump's directive to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, according to the Florida ...

The bills would change the name of the body of water in Florida statutes and educational materials. Critics say the bills are political and ahistorical. State agencies have already been undertaking ...

Two Florida men left for a day of fishing and never came back. Randall Spivey, 57, and his nephew, 33-year-old Brandon ...